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1953 Cal Poly Mustangs Football Team
The 1953 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State College—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1953 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach LeRoy Hughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 9–0 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the CCAA title for the second consecutive season. The team was dominant in every game, scoring 395 points while allowing only 65. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. Schedule Team players in the NFL The following were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft. References {{Cal Poly Mustangs football navbox Cal Poly Cal Poly Mustangs football seasons California Collegiate Athletic Association football champion seasons College football undefeated seasons Cal Poly Mustangs football The Cal Poly Mustangs are the football team re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Collegiate Athletic Association
The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon UC San Diego's departure on July 1, 2020, all are members of the California State University system (two of them being Cal Polys). It was founded in December 1938 and began competition in 1939. The commissioner of the CCAA is Mitch Cox. CCAA offices are located in Chico, California. The CCAA is the most successful conference in NCAA Division II, as its former and current members have won 155 National Championships. History Chronological timeline * 1938 - The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) was founded. Charter members included Fresno State Normal School (now California State University, Fresno or Fresno State University), San Diego State College (now San Diego State University), San Jose State College (now San Jose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Pepperdine Waves Football Team
The 1953 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine CollegePepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970. as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1953 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Gordon McEachron and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with an overall record of 3–6 and a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the CCAA. On December 7, 1953, Pepperdine announced that they were withdrawing from the CCAA in order to "seek its own level" in the field of athletics. Schedule Notes References {{Pepperdine Waves football navbox Pepperdine Pepperdine Waves football seasons Pepperdine Waves football The Pepperdine Waves football program represented Pepperdine University, then located in Los Angeles, California, in college football. Pepperdine disconti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Collegiate Athletic Association Football Champion Seasons
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the most populous city in the state and the second most populous city in the country. San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city in the country. Los Angeles County is the country's most populous, while San Bernardino County is the largest county by area in the country. California borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Poly Mustangs Football Seasons
The following is a list of Cal Poly Mustangs football seasons for the football team that has represented California Polytechnic State University in NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ... competition. Season–by–season records References {{Big Sky Conference football team seasons Cal Poly * Cal Poly Mustangs football seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 California Collegiate Athletic Association Football Season
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be collectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Sheriff
Bruce Stanley Sheriff (April 24, 1932 – January 16, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Early life Sheriff graduated from Washington High School in San Francisco. Playing career He played college football at California Polytechnic State University from 1950 to 1953. In 1953, not only did Sheriff earn Little All-America accolades, but also was picked as an honorable mention for the UPI's overall Division I-level All-American Team, for which he received 17 voting points. Sheriff then played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, and Cleveland Browns between 1954 and 1957. He was the 49ers' primary starter at left linebacker in both 1956 and 1957. Coaching career Sheriff served as the head football coach at the University of Northern Iowa from 1960 to 1982, compiling a record of 129–101–4. The football field inside the UNI-Dome, Northern Iowa's football sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Detroit Lions Season
The 1954 NFL season, 1954 Detroit Lions season was their 25th in the National Football League, league. The team failed to improve on their 1953 Detroit Lions season, previous season's output of 10–2, winning only nine games. They qualified for the 1954 NFL Championship Game, championship game for the third consecutive season. Offseason NFL Draft The Lions drafted 32 players in the 1954 NFL Draft. Their first-round pick was Dick Chapman, an All-American defensive tackle out of Rice Owls football, Rice. Chapman never played a snap for the Lions, electing to return to Rice and finish his degree in physics. Their second-round pick, Michigan State Spartans football, Michigan State Center (gridiron football), center Jim Neal, also never played a snap after "marr[ying] a girl whose religion prohibited him to play football on Sundays." Regular season Schedule * Saturday night (October 16, November 6), Thursday (November 25: Thanksgiving (United States), Thanksgiving) Standings Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Los Angeles Rams Season
The 1954 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 17th year with the National Football League and the ninth season in Los Angeles. Schedule Standings References Los Angeles Rams The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams play ... Los Angeles Rams seasons Los Angeles {{Americanfootball-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Bravo
Alexander Bravo (July 27, 1930 – September 1, 2020) is a former American football player. He played defensive back with the Los Angeles Rams and Oakland Raiders, as well as the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League. Early life Bravo graduated from Santa Barbara High School, where he was an all-state halfback. College career He played college football at California Polytechnic State University and is a member of their athletic hall of fame (inducted 1988). For Cal Poly, Bravo collected all-conference honors in 1951, 1952 and 1953, along the way earning the nickname "Boom Boom" for his explosive running style. Professional career After being selected 106th overall by the L.A. Rams in the 1954 NFL Draft, Bravo would later go on to sign with the then-AFL's Oakland Raiders. Bravo was converted primarily to defensive back at the pro level. Bravo continued his involvement in sports, working as a football official and track and field Track and field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 NFL Draft
The 1954 National Football League Draft was held on January 28, 1954, at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. This was the eighth year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery. With the previous seven winners ineligible from the draw, only the Baltimore Colts, Chicago Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, and Pittsburgh Steelers had an equal chance of winning. The draft lottery was won by Cleveland, who selected quarterback Bobby Garrett. Player selections Round one Round two Round three Round four Round five Round six Round seven Round eight Round nine Round ten Round eleven Round twelve Round thirteen Round fourteen Round fifteen Round sixteen Round seventeen Round eighteen Round nineteen Round twenty Round twenty-one Round twenty-two Round twenty-three Round twenty-four Round twenty-five Round twenty-six Round twenty-seven Round twenty-eight Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athlete, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic sports, athletic programs of colleges and university, universities in the College athletics in the United States, United States and Canada and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until 1957, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Los Angeles State Diablos Football Team
The 1953 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State College—now known as California State University, Los Angeles—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Leonard Adams, Los Angeles State compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the CCAA. The Diablos played home games at Snyder Stadium in Los Angeles. Schedule Notes References {{Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football navbox Los Angeles State California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is a public university in Los Angeles, California. It is part of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system. Cal State LA offers 142 bachelor's degrees, 122 master's degrees, ... Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football seasons Los Angeles State Diablos football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
